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Extinct East Zenati Berber language of Tunisia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sened is an extinct East Zenati Berber language that was spoken in the nearby towns of Sened and Majoura (Berber Tmagurt) in southern Tunisia until the mid-20th century. In 1911, the whole town of Sened spoke Berber; by 1968, only the elderly did.
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From a section translated from the epic Taghribat Bani Hilal, detailing the incursion of the Banu Hilal, in Provotelle's Etude sur la Tamazir't ou Zenatia de Qalaât Es-sned (Tunisie) (1911). The Arabic and French transcriptions of the text are reproduced unchanged; in the latter, r' represents a voiced uvular fricative, kh a voiceless uvular fricative, ch represents English sh, ou represents /u/ or /w/, i represents /i/ or /j/, and e represents schwa.
El
When
Oukhti
Diab
Diab
El
Elalalia
Hilali
ienr'a
killed
Khlifa
Khlifa
Ezzenati
Ezzenati,
ill-is
daughter-his
R'ida
Ghida
tenni
rode
zenneg
top
n
of
ezzimmel
horse
n
of
ebboïs.
father-her.
Oumman
Said-they
El Alali,
the-Hilalis,
teskerkoust
you-have-lied
tenr'it-etch.
you-killed-him-not.
Aou
Here-he-is
ienni
rides
zenneg
top
n
of
ezziml-is.
horse-his.
Ienni
Rode
Diab
Diab
zenneg
top
n
of
ezziml-is,
horse-his,
ious-es
goes
bâch
to
aïenr'it.
kill-her.
When Diab El Hilali killed Khlifa Ezzenati, his daughter Ghida got on her father's horse. The Hilalis said "You lied; you didn't kill him!. There he is riding his horse." Diab mounted his horse and went forth to kill her.
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